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Psalm 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

What is my strength based on? So many people today put great stock in strength. Physical strength is hyped so much that people take great ammounts of harmful drugs to build themselves up. We pay "professionals" to help people acheive mental and emotional strength. Are these people truly strong in the end, though. Well, we can see here that God gives the kind of strength that brings blessing. We are told elsewhere in Psalms that our trust should not be in horses or chariots, but that it should be in the Lord. If only our nation and its people would again turn to the true source of strength, God, and realize His blessing through putting our trust in His strength.

Strong men who were weak.
I. Esau. He was a great hunter and an outdoors type of guy, but he trusted himself not God and was very weak in his decisions about life.
II. Samson. Probably the strongest man to ever walk the earth, and a man used mightily of God, yet he was weak in his vows to God, and his relationships with women. The latter lead to his death.
III. Saul. Head and shoulders above all of Israel, Saul 'slew his thousands,' yet his seeming cowardice under pressure (Goliath), and his rebellion and jealousy led him to an unhappy life, and lost the throne for his posterity.